Pocket supplement holder and attachment therefor



S. B. KRAUS Feb. 12, 1957 POCKET SUPPLEMENT HOLDER AND ATTACHMENT THEREFOR Filed Aug. 19, 1953 INVENTOI. ficzmeifi JET/a115,

United States atent C POCKET SUPPLEMENT HOLDER AND ATTACHMENT THEREFOR Samuel B. Kraus, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 19, 1953, Serial No. 375,202 a 4 Claims. 01. 2s1 17 The invention relates generally to supplement holders for books such as law books, such holders permitting the attachment to the books of pocket supplements by means of which the contents of the books can be periodically brought up to date.

In connection with the foregoing, an object of the invention is to provide an improved supplement holder and an attachment for the holder which will permit the holder to be aflixed to the cover of a book.

Another and more specific object of the invention'is to provide an improved supplement holder for receiving a pocket supplement and to additionally provide in connection therewith a novel attachment member for the holder in the form of an envelope and which has telescoping relation with a cover of the holder and with a cover of the book for releasably attaching the holder to the book.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a pocket supplement holder and an attachment member therefor by-means of which the supplement holder can be afiixed to the front cover of a book on the outside thereof. As a result, the book is not disfigured nor is the back or the binding thereof broken as is often the case when a pocket supplement is fitted withinthe book.

A still further object is to provide a new and improved holder and attachment member therefor for afiixing a pocket supplement to the outside of a book, which will be of simple construction, embodying very few parts, and which will have universal application, being adaptable to all kinds of books. Another object of the invention resides in the provi- 'sion of a pocket supplement holder and attachment memberfor affixing the holder to a cover of a book, the said combination permitting release of the pocket supplement at any time although the supplement is at all times adequately protected and available for reference.

With these and various other objects in view, the invention may consist of certain novel features of construction and operation, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the specification, drawings and claims appended hereto.

In the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of the device and wherein like reference characters are used to designate like parts Figure l is a perspective view showing a book having a pocket supplement afiixed thereto by the holder and attachment member of the invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 22 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the supplement holder of the invention showing the inside of the covers of the holder for illustrating the structural details thereof;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a conventional pocket supplement; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the attachment member of the invention which is employed to releasably retain the holder to a cover of a book.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the comice binationcomprising the invention consists of a supplement holder generally designated by numeral 10, Figure 3, and an attachment member 12, best shown in Figure 5. The holder is designed for receiving a conventional pocket supplement such as indicated by numeral 14, Figure 4, and said holder, with the pocket supplement inserted therein, is releasably attached or aflixed to a cover of a book by the attachment member 12 which has telescoping relation, preferably with the rear cover of the holder and with the front cover of the book.

' Forillustrating the invention a permanent volume or book 15 of conventional construction has been selected, said book consisting of the pages 16, front cover 17, and rear cover 18. The said front and rear covers are joined by the conventional back 19 forming the rear of the book and to which the pages 16 are secured by the binding 20,

all in a manner well understood in the art Publishers of law books, in particular, and also publishers of reference books, digests and the like, provide pocket supplements from time to time in order to render the contents of the respective books current and up to date. It has heretofore been customary to aflix the pocket supplement to the inside of the rear cover of the book, which practice is not entirely satisfactory since the addition of the supplement tends to enlarge the book whereby possible damage to the binding and general disfiguration of the book may occur. The combination of the present invention has eflfectively solved the existing problem in connection with pocket supplements by providinga holderlO for the supplement which protects the same by the front and rear covers therefor and which is releasably aflixed, preferably to the front cover of the book, by the attachment member 12 in the form of an envelope, all of which will be particularly described in detail as the description proceeds.

The pocket supplement 14, as shown in Figure 4, and e which is representative of the supplements such as are providedfor the books to which the invention pertains, essentially consists of pages 21 which are stapled and 'bound to front and rear flapsby means of the binding tape such as 22. For purposes of thepresent invention it is only necessary that the pocket supplement have a front flap such as 23. Should a rear flap alsobe provided, as maysometimes be the case, the invention'is equally adaptable thereto'with no structural change in the parts being required. The pocket supplement is combined with the holder 10 by insertion of the flap 23 in a pocket such as 24, provided by the holder. Said holder essentially consists of a front cover 25, a rear cover 26, and the intermediate backing 27. The holder may be formed of fairly heavy material similar to that comprising the covers of the book, or the holder may be formed of lighter material such as fabric, paper, imitation leather or plastic.

A single sheet may be suitably bent into shape to form the front and rear covers of the holder 10, with the front cover 25 thereof having a portion 28 folded into overlapping relation with the inside surface to form the pocket 24, previously referred to. The folded overlapping flaps 30 are glued or otherwise secured to portion 28 to complete the formation of the pocket. Similar folded, overlapping flaps 31 are provided to complete the formation of the cover. In a like manner the rear cover 26 is formed with the folded, overlapping flaps 32 and which are glued to the inside of said cover. The pocket supplement 14 is placed in the holder and releasably retained in proper relation within the holder by insertion of the flap 23 of the supplement in pocket 24. The position of the parts with the supplement in inserted relation in the holder is illustrated in the perspective views, Figures 1 and 2.

The supplement holder 10 with the pocket supplement 14 atfix'ecl thereto has the general appearance of a book 'bufwit'h a reduced number'of pages when compared. with that of the volume 15. In fact, the two books may have substantially the-same external :appearance, this constructionalfeature merelyrequiringthat thesupplement holder be rnade of material similar to or having an external fi'nish like that of the covers of the book' 15. =A1so,it

will be understood that the supplement iholder will be x fconstructed of a size whereby the covers thereof, namely, 25fand 26, will substantially equal in area the covers of t'h bo'ok towhich the ho'lde'r is to. be attached. Although soin'd'eviationwith respect to the size =df"the holder covers 'is possible, the rnostf attractive a pearing combina- .tion results when'the supplement holder andtheboolQare designed to'fh'ave the same or substantiallyzsiniilar cover di'rnensions.

Theat'tachmen't iriemberfi z of Figu're 5 essentially consistsbfan .envelope having substantially ,parallel sides .33

faiidq3 t conne'ted by "side edgesB'S. 'Qne of thesidessuch Tas YSSIrnay bein'dented in an .arcuate vrnanner .such as at 36, although is uch indentation is optional, :and likewise the side edge "3 5 ma y be omitted along ithe back edge 37 Howevenif the edge'is continued-around three :sides of the envelope a strong and more durable article is ;provided. Here also the sizeof the .at tachmentmember 12 isfsonfewhat critical since the member-is designed to havetelescoping relation with a cover of the bookand .supplement'fholder respectively. -Thelleng'th .and width 5f the attachment member must beilarge enough to have telescoping relation with thecove'r of the bookto which the same is to "be applied. The thickness offthe member, which is determinedby theside edges v35, must be The invention is not to be limited to or by details of holder having'an attachment pocket, 'andfan attachment t member for releasably securing the said holder to the ated relation -with one-ofisaidcovers ,-.and .an attachment sutficientlto'accommodate two'covers, namely, the-rear 'co'ver 2'6 of the supplement holder and the: front .cover 17 of the book.

" lniass'e'mbling-the several elements of the .present supplement .hoIderQit ispreferre'd that the supplernent 14 :be

'first attached to the holder 10 and that the holder be j then afiixed to the cover of itsintended volume by-the attachment member 12. With the flapliinserted in pocktf24 and the covers 25, and 26 closed .on the supple men'tfl l it'will be .seen' that a companion supplement or outside of said cover, said attachment member having telescoping relation with'the-rear-cover'of the holder and with said front cover of the book.

2. In an arti'cle' of manufacture,-a pocket supplement holder including a front and a rear cover, a pocket pro vided on the inside surface of the front cover of the holder, and an-attachmentimember in the jorm -of an envelope for releasably securing the holder to ;the ;.c over ofa'book, said attachmentrnember beizng-tadapted to have telescoping relation withthe rear coverof-the :holderrand with the front cover of said book. 7 7

.3.:An article of manufacture :for TeIeasably attaching apocket supplement to abook, a holderfor thegpocket supplement consisting of a'unitary article ,providing a front cover, a rear cover and-aninside1iocket in associmember for the supplement-holderfor'releasablyalfixing the .sameto said vboolg 'said attachmentmember comprising an envelope adapted to :have telescoping relation with ,a cover oftheholder and with one of the covers of .Zthe

book. a

V '4.2-In-a.book,'of means ifor attachinglapocket-supple ment to the exterior of said book, in combination, ga

supplement' holderstormed from -a strip of rmaterialrand foldedato provide a -front--cover,-a rearscover and'aninside pocket inassociated relation with-the front cover, said pocket being adapted to receive a fiap provided by :the. V pocket supplement whereby to aflix the supplementio the holder, and an attachrnent member in thefor;n 1:oi:-an

envelope, said attachment member having-telescopingfle- 1 lation with the rear cover of the holderand with the: front .booli is jp'rovided substantially the same in area dimen fsionsfas'thepermanent volume andof pleasing andat- 4 trac'tive appearance when combined therewith. The physical association of the. companion supplement and thejpermanent volume is effected by the attachment rnemiber' 12 whih,' a s shown, hasv telescoping relation withthe frontItiover I17 7 of thepe'rmanent volume and with the reaf cover ifi ofl'the supplement holder.

coverof the bookto attachthe holderto the.book.. 7

References Cited in the file of -thisfpa tent UNITED STATES PATENTS 990,262 i r 1,106,891 -Rockwell .s Aug. Z 11, 51914 $54,354 .Toland -:Sept. 23, 1-920 Hedges 25;:19 1.1 

